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A Hungarian Nabob

Mór Jókai

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Book Excerpt: 
. . ./span> business of the gulyás to prevent them from coming together. If, however, on a warm spring day, when the herdsmen are sleeping beneath their gubas, the two hostile chiefs should encounter each other, a terrible fight ensues between them, which regularly ends with the fall or the flight of one of them. At such a time it is vain for the herdsman to attempt to separate them. The infuriated animals neither see nor hear him; all their faculties are devoted to the destruction of each other. Sometimes the struggle lasts for hours on a plot of meadow, which they denude of its grass as cleanly as if it had been ploughed. Finally, the beast who is getting the worst of it, feeling that his rival is the stronger, begins with a terrific roar to fly away through the herd, and runs wild on the puszta; with blood-red eyes, with blood-red lolling tongue, he wanders up and down the fields and meadows, frequently returning to the scene of his humiliation; but he mingles no . . . Read More

Community Reviews

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- Diane - Jan 07, 2016

It took a long time to finish this book. I would pick it up when I was in between my favorite mysteries. It is a Google book, scanned in from the 1899 edition from University of Virginia Library. Between the translation from the original Hungarian and the archaic language and manners it took some ge

4.00
- Lily S. - Aug 20, 2013

I had to read this for high school. It really was surprisingly, especially the parts about the laziness and greediness of hungarian nobles in that era.

5.00
- Timár_Krisztina - Dec 31, 2023

Apró ötletek modern mozaikja

Újraolvasás vége. Nagyon régen érett már. 2023 utolsó befejezett olvasmányának szántam.

Furcsa, hogyan öregedett ez a regény. Mint szerelmi történetnek, nagy része inkább ijesztő, mint jóleső. Mint irányregénynek, már nem működik az optimizmusa, bár a reformkort ismerve ér

5.00
- Lara - Apr 07, 2022

my favorite novel from my favorite author ever. he captures something incredibly fragile, beautiful and sad about loyalty and love - toward individuals and one's nation alike.
he's undoubtedly a master of his craft. not just a magnificent storyteller but someone with an excellent skill to paint reali

3.00
- Krisztian - Jun 28, 2022

A Kőszívű ember fiai nagyon tetszett, az Arany embernek is voltak jó részei, de ezt a felénél abbahagytam, mert valahogy nem köt le a sztori

4.00
- DemianSimp - Jan 16, 2021

Még valamelyest élvezhető Jókai

3.00
- Patrycja - Jun 12, 2018

3.5/5

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- Laurie - May 31, 2018

Really wonderful! At turns both humorous and tragic, this is a charming, well-written portrait of life in 19th century aristocratic Hungary. The chapter which relates the folks custom of selecting the annual Whitsun King is especially captivating.

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